Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School Fairy Meadow
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48 McGrath Street
Fairy Meadow NSW 2519
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Email: info@gsfmdow.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 4226 6577
Fax: 02 42 265 311

Brain Breaks you can do at home: - Copy

Wink Snap

  1. Stand up.
  2. Wink your left eye and snap your right-hand index finger and thumb at the same time.
  3. Wink your right eye and snap your left-hand index finger and thumb at the same time.
  4. Switch from left to right as fast as you can

Pen Flipping Brain Break

  1. Take a pen and flip it one revolution. ​
  2. Now do the same thing with your other hand.
  3. Now get a pen for both hands and try to do both pens at the same time.
  4. If you really are good at that, then try to throw the pens up into the air and catch them in opposite hands.  This is tough

Pressure Point Massage

  1. Stand up straight.
  2. Gently massage the pressure point between your thumb and pointer finger.
  3. Switch hands after 30 seconds

Book Balance

  1. Balance a book on your head.
  2. Try to stand up, walk to the front door, walk back and sit down without dropping the book.

Pencil Jumps

  1. Place a pencil on the floor and jump over forwards and backwards, 10 times.
  2. Then jump 10 more times side to side

Thumb Pointing Challenge

  1. Clench your left fist and give a 'thumbs up' sign.
  2. With your right hand, keep your thumb tucked in and point your pointer finger directly at the raised thumb on the left hand.
  3. Then switch positions, with the left pointer finger pointing at the right hand’s raised thumb.
  4. Swap between these two positions and try to improve your speed and coordination

3 Hands, 7 Fingers

  1. Find two other people to play this with (can be your family members or over video conferencing).
  2. One of the players says, 'One. two, three, show!'
  3. On 'show', each person holds out 0-5 fingers.
  4. The aim is to have 7 fingers in total.
  5. How many times do you have to do it to have exactly 7 fingers?
  6. Once you do, play with both hands and try to get to 11!

My Day Mimes

You have 30 seconds to act out what you have done so far today – starting with waking. You must do this silently and see if anyone can guess what you did.

(Adpated from: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/learning-from-home/wellbeing/wellbeing-at-home/general-information/brain-breaks)

Parental Pause:

Author & parenting specialist, Maggie Dent, shares this important message for parents - take a pause to ground yourself so you can give more back to your children.